The Wests Tigers will seek to break a worrying recent record at their spiritual home of Leichhardt Oval on Sunday to keep their NRL finals hopes alive. Equal last on …
Continue reading Leichhardt NRL venue troubles haunt TigersThe prized signature of Kieran Foran appears all that is left for Manly this NRL season as a decade of success concludes at Brookvale. The Sea Eagles have qualified for …
Continue reading Foran all that’s left for Eagles in NRLSimon Pagenaud will start from pole on Saturday night in IndyCar’s 500-mile race at Auto Club Speedway, where Australian Will Power has managed only eighth fastest in qualifying. Pagenaud had …
Continue reading Pagenaud nabs IndyCar pole, Will Power 8thAP – Bubba Watson shot a three-under-par 67 on Friday to maintain a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Travelers Championship in Connecticut. After opening with a 62 …
Continue reading Bubba Watson still leads Travelers golfScans on Saturday look set to determine NSW back-rower Beau Scott’s State of Origin III chances after injuring his shoulder in Newcastle’s 44-22 NRL loss to Brisbane. However, it was …
Continue reading Scott injury a worry for NSW Origin coachCarlton will look to consolidate recent gains under interim AFL coach John Barker on Sunday when they take on Gold Coast. The reinvigorated Blues impressed against Adelaide in Barker’s second …
Continue reading Blues must work hard against Suns in AFLSkipper Mitchell Pearce has backed boom rookie Jackson Hastings as the man to join him in the Sydney Roosters’ halves when James Maloney exits Bondi at season’s end. Maloney, who …
Continue reading Hastings the Roosters’ NRL future: PearceInspiration was all around after Brisbane forward Josh McGuire suffered a season-ending achilles injury in the Broncos’ 44-22 NRL win over Newcastle. McGuire, on crutches, was quickly comforted after Friday …
Continue reading McGuire NRL injury hits Brisbane hardQueensland veteran Justin Hodges has backed Sydney Roosters enforcer Dylan Napa to fill the Maroons’ State of Origin vacancy created by an injured Josh McGuire. Bench forward McGuire’s season is …
Continue reading Hodges backs Napa for Qld in Origin IIIRichmond AFL coach Damien Hardwick can’t explain why his team struggle in Victoria and prosper beyond their boundaries. But he’ll want to find an answer soon, with the Tigers playing …
Continue reading Tigers hunt AFL success at homeSydney coach John Longmire has downplayed the distraction of reports for his star forwards Lance Franklin and Kurt Tippett in the short turnaround before their next AFL game. Longmire rarely …
Continue reading Swans sweat on reports for AFL starsNo room for sentiment, Jarkko Nieminen is plotting to gatecrash Lleyton Hewitt’s farewell party at the All England Club. “It’s my last Wimbledon too,” Nieminen said ahead of his first-round …
Continue reading Nieminen out to gatecrash Hewitt’s partyEngland captain Alastair Cook is hoping new coach Trevor Bayliss divulges some inside knowledge on Australia. Bayliss has landed in London and officially starts his new post on Saturday when …
Continue reading Cook looks to Bayliss for Aussie intelSteve Smith opted to shoulder arms instead of fire back at former England offspinner Graeme Swann. Smith has climbed to No.1 on the International Cricket Council’s Test batting rankings after …
Continue reading Smith not bothered by Swann broadsideA nasty stomach bug has undermined Thanasi Kokkinakis’s Wimbledon debut and the talented teenager says it stinks. Kokkinakis is recovering and hopes to be back to full health for his …
Continue reading Kokkinakis laid low with flatulanceAjla Tomljanovic is the latest Australian tennis star flying solo at Wimbledon after splitting from coach David Taylor. She accepts the timing could hardly be worse, but the emotionally drained …
Continue reading Tomljanovic splits with coachMitchell Johnson had Englishmen ducking and weaving on a docile pitch as Australia smashed through the first speed bump of their Ashes tour. Rob Key scored 87 to help Kent …
Continue reading Johnson fires in Ashes tour gameAgnieszka Radwanska returned to the final of the WTA’s Eastbourne International for the first time since 2008 as the ninth seed defeated Sloane Stephens 6-1 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 in a …
Continue reading Radwanska v Bencic in Eastbourne WTA final


